Always Create a Plan

Everyday Project Management for Librarians & Teams of One

Abstract

Librarians and library leadership can benefit from the use of project management tools and processes to manage everyday projects so that it is easier to identify and complete projects. If it is clear that a task is actually a project, then library leadership can allocate appropriate time and resources required to successfully complete it. The focus of this article is the use of project management to help librarians, particularly librarians who are teams of one, with everyday project management. It describes and outlines the Always Create a Plan (ACP) project management method and how it can be used for a project.